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Southernmost Point Buoy Damaged After 2 Set Christmas Tree on Fire
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida
Key West police are searching for two white men they say placed a Christmas tree in front of the Southernmost Point Buoy landmark and set it on fire. The fire was extinguished but police say it caused extensive damage to iconic buoy. The incident occurred between 3 and 3:30 a.m. on New Years Day.
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Police are searching for two people who burned a part of Key West’s famous Southernmost Point buoy early New Year’s Day after setting a fire near the landmark tourism icon.
Police in Key West are searching for two people who burned a part of Key West's famous Southernmost Point buoy early New Year's Day after setting a fire near the tourist attraction.
Key West police are searching for two white men they say placed a Christmas tree in front of the Southernmost Point Buoy landmark and set it on fire. The fire was extinguished but police say it caused extensive damage to iconic buoy. The incident occurred between 3 and 3:30 a.m. on New Years Day.
By Sharif Paget, CNN The iconic Southernmost Point landmark, an anchored concrete buoy in Key West, Florida, sustained “extensive damage” early Saturday morning after vandals placed a Christmas tree in front of it which they lit on fire, Key West Police said in statement.
By Sharif Paget, CNN The iconic Southernmost Point landmark, an anchored concrete buoy in Key West, Florida, sustained "extensive damage" early Saturday
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